Posted on 01/05/2014 10:17:51 AM PST by lowbridge
“All a prelude to the saving graces of single payer.”
Single payor or insurance bail-outs will require legislation. Not even the dictator wannabe will cross that line via executive fiat. Even if such legislation could actually get through congress, the laws of economics would prevail and the US credit rating would plummet, interest rates would rise resulting in a dollar collapse. You simply cannot add a single payor entitlement, the size of Medicaid & Medicare combined, and expect no adverse fiscal and economic consequences.
Meanwhile, as evidenced by the reduction of Medicare reimbursement, and vigorous provider compliance enforcement, it does appear the the regime is intent on cutting Medicare spending. OTOH, it might also simply be a manifestation of the 0-regime’s penchant for elderly euthanasia- killing them softly.
But, perhaps, a total collapse is exactly what the NWO Federal government wants as a pretext to martial law.
If doctors really want to start something, refuse all Obamacare insurance and accept cash only. That would put a major dent in things... It would also be a major wake up call to those who think they have “a right” to their services.
We had something similar with lab work recently.
The bill to the insurance co was $250. The self pay price was $25.
All he has to do is give a speech in front of Greek columns and he’ll be a god again.
What I can’t understand is why the insurance companies weren’t screaming big time when this thing was going down. Were they really so stupid and greedy that they thought the whole objective isn’t to put them out of business?
And the doctors who supported this - just mind boggling. Apparently Dr Nancy Snyderman, NBC came out for single payer. I suppose just because you’re a doctor doesn’t mean you understand economics. But what about the UK system isn’t obvious to anyone who checks it out?
This from the UN International Health Org.
Percentage of men and women who survived a cancer five years after diagnosis:
U.S. 65%
England 46%
Canada 42%
etc. etc.
This is why I am now insurance free. Most stuff is not that expensive when you pay out of pocket. And life is risk. :-)
My daughter broke her arm in the mid-1990’s. I had $5,000 deductible so the whole thing was out of pocket. Cost: ~$275
You said...
“Yep. The Rats will all rush in with excellent “new plans” to fix all the trouble caused by their “old plan,” blame the Republicans, and the LIVs will fall right in line by November. It’s too easy to predict. “
It may be easy to predict,but your prediction will be wrong.
Break it down for me...where am I wrong? (I really want to be wrong here.)
My friends in Poland tell me an old story of soviet times;
A father and son are walking through the forest when they come upon a razor wire fence. The son asks the father, “Who’s on the other side of the fence father.”
Father says, “We are.”
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